CS Con Chrisman, James Stone - C.S. Congressman, KY

James Stone Chrisman

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Born: September 14, 1818

Birthplace: Monticello, Kentucky

Father: John Chrisman 1796 – 1835

Mother: Sally Stone 1792 – 1859

Wife: Lucy Nelson Bell 1829 – 1893
(Buried: Coal Hill Cemetery, Coal Hill, Arkansas)​

Children:

Emily Chrisman 1848 – 1849​
(Buried: Old Town Cemetery, Wayne County, Kentucky)​
Frances Esler “Fannie” Chrisman Brown 1858 – 1937​
(Buried: Ellington Cemetery, Magazine, Arkansas)​
Lucy Chrisman Buster 1863 – 1942​
(Buried: Forest Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tennessee)​
William Marshall Chrisman Sr. 1875 – 1940​
(Buried: New Saint Marcus Cemetery, Affton, Missouri)​


Political Party: Democratic Party

Occupation before War:


1849 – 1853: Attorney in Monticello, Kentucky​
1845: Unsuccessful Candidate for Kentucky State Representative​
1847: Unsuccessful Candidate for Kentucky State Representative​
1849: Delegate to Kentucky State Constitutional Convention​
1853 – 1855: United States Congressman from Kentucky​
1853 – 1855: Member of House Invalid Pensions Committee​
1854: Unsuccessful Candidate for reelection to U.S. Congress.​

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1855 – 1861: Attorney in Monticello, Kentucky​

Civil War Career:

1862 -1865: Confederate States Congressman from Kentucky​
1862: Member of House War Tax Committee​
1864 – 1865: Member of House Elections Committee​
1864–1865: Member of House Territories and Public Lands Committee​
One of the few members of Congress who demonstrated a willingness to sacrifice local and personal interests to the central government​
He sanctioned any financial measure​
He refused to instruct the President or criticize his appointees.​
He stood against arming the slaves​
He sought to see Confederate Soldiers were well treated in northern prisons and exchanged as quickly as possible.​

Occupation after War:

1865 – 1881: Attorney in Monticello, Kentucky​
1869 – 1871: Kentucky State Representative​

Died:
July 29, 1881

Place of Death: Monticello, Kentucky

Age at time of Death: 62 years old

Burial Place: Elk Spring Cemetery, Monticello, Kentucky
 
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